yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Atrix 4G General] :
Hello

I am the author of Battery Monitor (SIMMO Publications), if you're getting 1% values then your phone is either returning accurate values through the Android API, or there exists a system charge_counter file that is updated by the operating system. It does not estimate the value.

Motorola devices (Atrix, Droid2, DroidX), for some reason, choose to ignore the 1% values stored in this system file. The file is hidden, and not many people know about it (apparently). But it IS updated, so these 10% only Motorola devices are actually capable of 1% level changes.

I hope that helps. :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryjabo:
Are there any good kernels for stock/Sense for overall performance boost and battery life?

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[Atrix 4G General] seh6183:
New to Android. I am kind of disappointed with the lack of push settings. I thought this thing would be all push integrated with Google and what not. I cant seem to even get gmail to push.
[Atrix 4G General] Ronaldo_9:
Gmail is push . facebook sync every hour or so. push depends on your email provider.
[Atrix 4G General] seh6183:
For Facebook and YouMail, is there anyway to setup push? I see that there is like a beta setting in YouMail for push, but it won't allow me to enable it. I would prefer to have as many things as possible setup for push instead of fetch. Thank you
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] convolution:
What's a radio?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IronMan66:
Well, maybe you need to flash a new radio more efficient than what you have. I have newer g2 radio ending in .27. Check out the radio threads in here.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lil-devil:
Radio, according to wikipedia, Radio is the transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light.

lol sorry i had to do that

but I would like to know too, from what I've seen radio seems to fix many things like reception, GPS signal, battery life and maybe more?

so i assume its some type of firmware?? tho i think i'm very off so please correct me
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spastic909:
Might be wrong here but radio for a cell phone if you think about how without it you have no gps, signal, wifi...radio equals cell phone for all the generic reasons lol
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nonentity018:
I would also like a good answer to this.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LGS1231:
Interestingly, I flashed the .27 radio and used it for some time .. Just today, I reverted back to the stock .26 radio, and now my GPS issue is resolved!!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddgarcia05:
No radio equals no reception.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gwanatu:
The radio is the part of your phone that interacts with cell towers. Without this software on your phone, it would not be a phone, rather a very small tablet computer. Changing or upgrading the radio to a newer version is just like updating any software; the newer version probably has some bug fixes, might be more efficient at doing things than the older versions, etc.

This is what you were asking, right?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
He's pretty much described it. At its core, a cell phone is simply a type of microwave radio. It simply has been given a familiar interface similar to a landline phone (dial tones, number pad, etc.) since that is what people have been accustomed to for so long.

When "flashing a radio" is being discussed here, it refers to the software component, and there is also a hardware component as well, but you don't need to really worry about that.

The radio is also how your phone communicates with the GPS satellites.

If you are referring to the GPS issues some people have had with CM7 (not finding the satellites at all), its been found that flashing a different radio solves the problem for many people. But its been well discussed on the CM7 thread, and other threads.

But are you trolling? You seem to more than enough to have to ask such an elementary question.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhkr234:
A radio is that which causes or reads the vibrations of electrons in the air. :D

More specifically, your cell phone is actually two computers, which are somewhat interdependent. These two computers run two separate operating systems. The more "basic" computer runs the radio operating system and controls the air interface. The "user" computer runs ANDROID. The two computers pass data back and forth to each other.

There are different versions of the radio operating system available, which have different characteristics. Sometimes upgrading the radio OS will have benefits like improved reception.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rollhard:
I have a X10a on AT&T network. I used the 2.6 flash tool made by Androxyde and Bin4ry to flash the Rogers 2.1.1.A.0.6 yesterday march 26.2011. Everything seems to be working good so far....My question is when i plug the phone in to the wall charger it will say "no sim card in phone" just above the unlock slider. anyone have any ideas why that is showing up now? The other thing that i have noticed is periodically 2 red "x" will appear in the status bar in place of the signal strength bars and in place of the 3g data symbol. oh and instead of showing the 3G on the status bar it has a "H" instead. Has anyone else seen this happen? thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
Don't know if you should be using Rogers branded firmware on AT&T network. It probably has something to do with that. It's looking for a Rogers sim card. Try flashing generic instead.

The H is better than 3G. It's more like 3.5g. You know the new 4G network being advertised HSPA.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rollhard:
Ok thanks for the info. I was considering flashing the 2.1 Generic but wanted to get some advice since i am what you would call a noobie.lol I pretty much did a bunch of reading and "winged it" through the flash process praying i didn't destroy my phone.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
Yes, use the x10a global generic. I don't know if the newest update is available yet, but in many people's opinion 2.1.A.0.435 is better for AT&T. The new 0.16 update baseband is causing battery drain and connection problems. With global generic you will most likely get the official 2.3.3 Gingerbread update Sony just promised in a few months first.

Edit: you seem to have it down, but there is a new version of flash tool 0.2.9 that has some new features. You can root, enable JIT, install xRecovery, and remove Sony bloatware that is slowing down your phone. That may sound Greek right now, but they are the next natural things you will want to do. Check your private messages for a detailed guide with links to the downloads. It may be of some help.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rollhard:
Once again JBM I really appreciate your guidance with this. I have been reading alot and think i'm going to go ahead and reflash with 2.1 global generic as you said. My Baseband version is 2.1.55 and Kernel is 2.6.29 Do these need to be flashed?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
The one ftf file is all you need, 2.1.A.0.435. It will probably change your baseband to 0.54, which is the one you want for AT&T.

Really, don't over think this. This is the same firmware you would have gotten from SE if you bought your X10 from a non-AT&T store. Generic in Android terms is a good thing. It means no restrictions or extra bloatware from AT&T. No need to pay for navigation and stuff like that.

Let me know how it goes. :-)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rollhard:
Again you were right my baseband changed to 2.1.54 and everything is working perfect. the red x that was appearing in the status bar in place of the H and the signal strength bars is not happening and the message "no sim card in phone" has not shown up either. I think i'm going to attempt to root and add Xrecovery do i can then speed things up with JIT. I have been on my Sony Vaio all day.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
Great! To use the flash tool to root, optimise(JIT) and install xRecovery, you need to set up phone first. Hit menu button / Settings / Applications and check "unknown sources". Then hit the "development" tab below and check "usb debugging". Then just turn flash tool on, and plug your phone into usb cable while the phone is still on. Do NOT mount usb connected. Then go across the tabs on the flash tool in order from left to right, root, root permissions, optimise, xrecovery. Enjoy.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rollhard:
XRecovery not installed

JBM, I did exactly as you said going left to right on flash tool. i did root and root permissions then optimize, the phone did a automatic reboot after Optimize finished then I went on to XRecovery. Flashtool says that "Xrecovery successfully installed". Now on Superuser there is a app called "unkown" on the apps allow screen. I do not have the Xrecovery app anywhere on my X10 app list. So I don't know what isn't right on my X10 or in the flash tool program. So I tried again installing Xrecovery again but got the same massage on flash tool and unknown in superuser. I did not do the "clean" step or the APK Installer step. I don't know enough to mess with either of those. there wasn't any indication on the phone that JIT was working either. flash tool showed it as successful also. do you know what i should try. Thanks again
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
Ok, xrecovery doesn't show up as an app. What you have to do to enter xRecovery is reboot your phone, and when Sony Ericsson in white letters comes up press the power button a few times or the back button a bunch of times, and the xRecovery menu will appear. It takes a bit of getting used to. If the SE circular logo appears you missed it, and you have to reboot again.

There is a new way I will help you install that allows you to enter xRecovery from the home screen using the app gscript, but you have to do it the reboot way at first.

JIT isn't something you can see either. Well scrolling the app tray should be faster and smoother than ever. Search market and install "Quadrant" and "Linpack". They will allow you to run benchmark tests. Without JIT you should get around 500 quadrant and 8 linpack. With JIT enabled you should get 800+ quadrant and 30+ linpack.

Also, to truly optimize and increase performance like you would not believe (i.e. improve your benchmark scores, battery life, available RAM, speed, responsiveness) and get rid of any lag you should uninstall any preinstalled apps you don't use. Use titanium backup from the market to uninstall system apps without needing flash tool. However, system apps cannot be restored like user apps. You have to reinstall them. Actually, check your private messages in a few minutes. I will send you the pro version of Titanium Backup. With the pro version you can "freeze" system apps, so you don't have to uninstall them if you would rather not. Also, if you freeze an app and your phone works fine you know that it is safe to uninstall.

There are some that you shouldn't remove, but here's a list of safe ones off the top of my head. Of course, if you use them keep them. There are also a few threads about this.

Timescape(all) and Face Recognition (highly recommend uninstalling these two. You won't believe the difference)

SE Backup and Restore (use Titanium Backup I am sending you)

Chinese and Korean keyboard

PC Companion

SE Sync

Play Now

Pilot
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rollhard:
JBM I was able to enter Xrecovery with the back button. my wifi was dropping every few minutes so I cleared my Dalvik cache and that seems to have fixed it. everything is running perfect. I uninstalled acouple apps & the 2 keyboards and now my best Quadrant score is 819 up from 741 and Linpack is 34.556. I can tell now that it is running faster and more responsive.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
Cool. I am incorporating a lot of what I am helping you with into an AT&T specific guide for everything you've already done, and a whole bunch more if you are up for it. I am doing it anyway, but I figure I will see how my guides work for you as I add them to the thread. There is some stuff on there already that I haven't shared with you yet, like Voice Search. Anyway, check it out, and your pm. I just sent you a couple links.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1012380

Next thing to do is upgrade xRecovery to FreeXperiaRecovery, so you don't have to reboot to get into xrecovery. You can enter from home screen. Keep an eye out for it...:D
[Optimus One, P500, V General] cleefesq:
I did everything correctly as far as I can tell, but at step number 6 on sublimewolf's guide I get stuck. My recovery has no "backup" option to select. It has four options:

Reboot now

Sdcard:update.zip (does nothing, because no such file exists)

Wipe/Factory reset

Wipe partition

Any clues what I might have done wrong/what I should do from here?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] overthinkingme:
Wrong recovery ?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Anands3:
Backup/Restore:

Nand Backup : runs a nandroid backup of data, cache, boot, system

Nand Backup + .android secure : backs up above plus .android_secure on sdcard (froyo native apps on sd)

Nand + ext backup : data, cache, system, boot, plus apps2sd on ext partition (old style apps2sd)

Nand Restore : browse to and select nandroid backup to restore

Flash Zip From Sdcard: Update.zip must be in root of sdcard

Wipe Menu:

Wipe data/factory reset: wipes data & cache

Wipe cache

Wipe Dalvik cache : Wipes Dalvik cache in all possible locations if moved by apps2sd

Wipe SD:ext : Wipes Apps2sd ext partition

Wipe Battery Stats

Wipe rotate settings

Wipe .android secure : Wipes froyo native .android_secure on sdcard

Partition Sdcard:

Partition SD: Partition's sdcard for apps2sd (this formats card so all non backed-up data is lost)

Repair Sd:ext

SD:ext2 to ext3 : coverts apps2sd ext2 partition to ext3 (requires kernel support for ext3)

SD:ext3 to ext4 : same as above but ext3 to ext4 (requires kernel support for ext4)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] CROrION:
It is very irritating to see every single 2.3.3 theme spammed with:

*where is the link? how to install it? you stink give us ROM now! Why is my screen al red? Why is my mother making me pay for my COOKED diner...*

So I've imagined this thread REVIEW ONLY. So post your reviews, no questions, no comments. We can open another thread questions/comments for this thread.

So I've tought some guidelines for reviews that everyone is asking, having problem with or just wish to know:

What doesn't work? (some people mentioned accelerometers, animations)

How did you install it? (give simple explanation, method you used, with or without bootloaders, etc)

Are there any problems so far? (beside if something is not working, FC-s, app incompability, etc)

General performances? (how fast is the rom, compare it with ROM you used before)

GPS? (no explanation necessary...)

Battery life? (ompare it with ROM you used before, what is the magnitude of battery drain?

Anything else.

I hope this thread is well accepted, I truly believe it is the best way to get all data everyone needs.

Thanx, CROrION
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mothatt:
flashed stock + jvk bootloaders + speedmod k13d with heimdall

went into recovery and flashed the rom kitchen beta

then without rebooting rooted in cwm recovery

rebooted.

3D does not work properly

Browser is nicer

Smoother/faster

Theme is a little different

Other minor things I forget

This rom is still beta, samsung would be stupid to release it publicly
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rdy2go:
What doesn't work? (some people mentioned accelerometers, animations)

Nothing detected. Screen off old-TV-like animation is just a missing feature, removed by Samsung, not a bug.

How did you install it? (give simple explanation, method you used, with or without bootloaders, etc)

Odin + 502.pit + repartition (bootloader upgraded)

Are there any problems so far? Lower WiFi sensitivity/range than in JPY 2.2.1 stock ROM, probably new modem uses lower power to save battery at the cost of range.

General performances? (how fast is the rom, compare it with ROM you used before)

Fastest ever, some minor lags when installing multiple apps from the market, but acceptable.

GPS? (no explanation necessary...)

OK, as good as latest 2.2.1 stock roms

Battery life? (ompare it with ROM you used before, what is the magnitude of battery drain?

Battery life has never been better (only option changed: WiFi Sleep Policy, pure stock rom).

Anything else.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] colindodds:
I installed it yesterday with 512 pit file and its ok its faster than js8 in my opinion and bit ram hungry still but not as much as jv1 was useing tottaly stock no mods and quite happy i expect it has disapounted many as it still looks likes froyo also had bit lag in gallery had no fc or major issues seems stable and useable thanks samsung

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ortega1:
For now, fastest ROM ever. No lags detected. Top bar is green-gray, looks better than in older version of GB. I've installed using odin, pit 512 and repartition.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Naeem786:
3D Not Working Properly

No Ad Hoc Wifi Support

Still Lags

Many Apps gives force close

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2.2/ 2.2.1 is still better than this
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Brotuck:
Battery life is great ! Only had 2% in 8 hours.

Really smooth and lagfree (even before the hacked kernel from supercurio)

Like this ROM and will keep it for now
[Galaxy S I9000 General] omeryounos:
What doesn't work? (some people mentioned accelerometers, animations)

- Everything Working accelerometer etc...just Gameloft Nova shows white screen, rest of all Gameloft 3D games RF2011,SC, MC2, BIA, Asphalt6 & many more (10+) works perfectly & better than any froyo. Could not install angry birds from market had to unmount ext SD, install & remount again. This way it works fine...

How did you install it? (give simple explanation, method you used, with or without bootloaders, etc)

- Odin + 512.pit + repartition (bootloader upgraded sbl version) + check bootloader upgrade in odin

Are there any problems so far? Lower WiFi sensitivity/range than in JPY 2.2.1 stock

- probably new modem uses lower power to save battery at the cost of range since wifi signal is slightly weaker but everything runs fine so no big deal.

General performances? (how fast is the rom, compare it with ROM you used before)

- Fastest ever, some minor lags when installing multiple apps from the market, but acceptable. So far its been 12 hours....not a single FC or problem, already installed like 40 apps from market....

GPS? (no explanation necessary...)

- As good as latest 2.2.1 stock roms

Battery life? (ompare it with ROM you used before, what is the magnitude of battery drain?

- Battery life has never been better (only option changed: WiFi Sleep Policy to sleep when screen off, pure stock rom).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] colindodds:
You my freind are a star thank you for yesterday

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dehem333:
really happy with the rom , Great battery , Fast & Stable and no big problems occured. I like the theme and the new swype keyboard.

PS : people say 3d is not working? Working fine here. Please tell me which games? I wanna try
[Galaxy S I9000 General] omeryounos:
+1 yes people are saying 3d not working, so What is not working?..as i posted in my review except for Nova every other 3D game is working fine...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] edy_priyanto:
NOVA totally not working at all, only shown the white screen....i thought only me which having that such of problem. rest of GL HD games are working fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] digitheatre:
Need For Speed Shift also not working on my device.. white screen
[Galaxy S I9000 General] omeryounos:
Have u tried updating it...since old version doesn't work on froyo either
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mawardi:
WiFi Hotspot is available. It's just put under Tethering.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] omeryounos:
What do u mean 3d not working......be specific.....its working perfectly with only a very few exceptions......
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hsd:
Issues

Screen during boot and recovery showing static

WIFI iffy Doesnt always connect but does see networks

Havent tried 3d will try NFS now.

Quadrant 950 stock 1700 with voodoo.

Overall very impressed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ujjwal321:
gingerbread is great on galaxy s...

i have felt no lag what so ever.. smoother than any ROM I have tried..

I have had one restart.... when using music player.. other than that everthing else is super smooth...

wifi signal is definetely low

I have flashed the modem to JPG
[Galaxy S I9000 General] edy_priyanto:
mine is working flawlessly....try to update into v1.0.62
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gomek111222:
I noticed that i can call with normal headphone (without mic). Excellent rom:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] denzjh:
Maybe u have the same experience as I was before... try to set Network Mode to GSM only or WCDMA only... do not choose auto since it actually consumes battery since it is detecting 2 network types... or maybe im wrong about on that suspect. :D

Nice ROM im loving it... havent played NFS Shift yet so i dont know anything about the 3d stuff u guys are saying. All in all... the best stock rom so far
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Brotuck:
- GPS navigation works excellent. Uses about 30% in 75 minutes. Stayed ontrack ALL THE TIME

- Used the phone for more then 3 hours

- Installed more apps from market with Wifi

- Used email alot today !

Left battery this day after disconnecting this morning at 06.30 is 34%

This is very good for a beta ROM !
[Galaxy S I9000 General] omeryounos:
First your signature is very funny...;)

I ve experienced that choosing gsm only certainly consumes about 20 - 30 % less battery in a day use. But if set to WCDMA/GSM Mode. It will first serch & remain on WCDMA & will search / shift to GSM only if WCDMA is not available.

NFS shift works fine on this rom, except for the screen timeout bug (which) depends on your screen time out settings.....This bug is even on froyo also so EA needs to fix this. There are lot of comments about this in Android Market also...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mike.sw:
flashed this (stock with bootloaders + cf root) one from js8 + hardcore kernel

things i noticed:

- startup animation is laggy.

- media scanner no longer appear to hang the device on startup.

- slight changes in task manager

- new "download manager" (thats a gingerbread feature)

- slight changes in tethering menu (usb and wifi now under same screen)

- new notification style, smaller icons (like 3g watchdog icon appear smaller).

- new battery use menu, now shows a graph on top but appears to be buggy a bit (washed out text inside). also the counter that tells you how much time you use your phone without the charger doesn't reset.

- gps is amazing. getting locks without agps! also found out with titanium a small app called angrygps pre installed. maybe that's the reason.

that's all what i noticed for now.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] the fez:
finally... a great work from samsung!

good battery

very fast gallery (the best i've tried)

gps works fine

stable & fast

ps. jvk+kernel+themebattery and animation tv
[Galaxy S I9000 General] krazykat:
Weird. Ever since I started using this one. I've been using up 80% a day!

And all I use is WIFI and texting. I dont have 3g or anything else.

Battery indicator says:

Android OS 49%

Display 18%

Cell Standby 5%

Android System 4%

What am I doing wrong? O__o"
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cedricberger:
Doesn't gingerbread have more color depth than froyo? I think I read about that

I wish I had 2 phones to compare.

I am under the impression that it looks better when I use "screen filter" , which darkens the screen and so cuts the color range, causing heavy banding.

But either I do not remember well how it was, or it is much better now.